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2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team represented Miami University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by fifth-year head coach John Cooper, played their home games at Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 4–14 in MAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the MAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Western Michigan.

2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record11–21 (4–14 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMillett Hall
Seasons
2016–17 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Akron 14 – 4   .778 27 – 9   .750
Ohio 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Buffalo 11 – 7   .611 17 – 15   .531
Kent State † 10 – 8   .556 22 – 14   .611
Bowling Green 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Miami (OH) 4 – 14   .222 11 – 21   .344
West
Ball State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 13   .618
Western Michigan 11 – 7   .611 16 – 16   .500
Toledo 9 – 9   .500 17 – 17   .500
Eastern Michigan 7 – 11   .389 16 – 17   .485
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 15 – 17   .469
Central Michigan 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
† 2017 MAC tournament winner

Head coach John Cooper was fired on March 10, 2017 after five seasons at Miami.[1] Purdue associate head coach Jack Owens was named the new head coach on March 29.[2]

Previous season edit

The RedHawks finished the 2015–16 season 13–20, 6–12 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They defeated Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Buffalo.

Offseason edit

Departures edit

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Geovonie McKnight 0 G 6'3" 181 Senior Middletown, OH Graduated
L. J. Livingston, Jr. 12 F/C 6'10" 200 Senior Upper Marlboro, MD Graduated
Jere Vučica 14 F 6'9" 204 RS Senior Split, Croatia Graduated
Ali Barnes 15 G 6'0" 183 RS Sophomore West Chester, OH Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Kalif Wright 21 F 6'7" 235 Senior Oak Hill, WV Graduated
Willie Moore 22 G 6'3" 205 Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated
Chris Bryant 24 F 6'8" 217 Senior Tallahassee, FL Graduated
Eric Washington 33 G 5'10" 178 RS Senior Columbia, SC Graduated
Brian Oddo 35 F 6'6" 205 Senior New Lenox, IL Graduated

Recruiting class of 2016 edit

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Derrick Daniels
PF 		Dayton, OH Thurgood Marshall High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oct 16, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Darius Harper
PF 		Springfield, OH Springfield High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (110 kg) Sep 25, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Precious Ayah
PF 		Decatur, GA Greenforest Christian Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Oct 9, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Michael Weathers
SG 		Shawnee Mission, KS Shawnee Mission North High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Mar 20, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Marcus Weathers
SG 		Shawnee Mission, KS Shawnee Mission North High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Mar 20, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Ben Eke Kazee
PF 		Logan, WV Logan High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) N/A Jul 28, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Milos Jovic
SG 		Prague, Czech Republic Get Better Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016.

Roster edit

2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
C 0 Darius Harper 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Fr Springfield Springfield, OH
G 1 Zach McCormick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Turpin Cincinnati, OH
F 2 Rod Mills Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr St. Xavier Cincinnati, OH
F 5 Precious Ayah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Greenforest Bayelsa State, Nigeria
F 11 Logan McLane 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) Jr Greenfield School, NC Winterville, NC
G/F 13 Jake Wright 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) RS So Hopkins
The Citadel 		Hopkins, MN
G 15 Milos Jovic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr GB Academy Leskovac, Serbia
G 20 Dion Wade 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Findlay Prep
Auburn 		Antwerp, Belgium
G 21 Jake Bischoff (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Olentangy Liberty
Concord/Otterbein 		Powell, OH
F 22 Marcus Weathers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Shawnee Mission North Roeland, KS
G 24 Michael Weathers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Fr Shawnee Mission North Roeland, KS
G 30 Abdoulaye Harouna 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr South Kent
College of Southern Idaho 		Niamey, Niger
F/C 31 Bruno Solomun 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Forsyth Country Day Zagreb, Croatia
F 45 Ben Eke Kazee 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Fr Logan Delta State, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results edit

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
1:00 PM, ESPN3 		Muskingum
Tarkett Sports Classic play-in game 		W 84–57  1–0
 Millett Hall 
Oxford, OH
11/15/2016*
7:00 PM 		at Wright State L 87–89  1–1
 Nutter Center (3,813)
Dayton, OH
11/18/2016*
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Delaware
Tarkett Sports Classic 		L 66–68  1–2
 Millett Hall (1,317)
Oxford, OH
11/19/2016*
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Austin Peay
Tarkett Sports Classic 		W 76–70  2–2
 Millett Hall (1,274)
Oxford, OH
11/20/2016*
2:00 PM, ESPN3 		Northern Kentucky
Tarkett Sports Classic 		L 70–79  2–3
 Millett Hall (1,229)
Oxford, OH
11/26/2016*
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Western Illinois W 81–72  3–3
 Millett Hall (1,083)
Oxford, OH
11/30/2016*
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Grambling State W 78–76  4–3
 Millett Hall (1,205)
Oxford, OH
12/03/2016*
2:30 PM 		at Fort Wayne L 71–87  4–4
 Memorial Coliseum (1,539)
Fort Wayne, IN
12/06/2016*
8:00 PM 		at Missouri L 55–81  4–5
 Mizzou Arena (3,515)
Columbia, MO
12/10/2016*
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		IUPUI W 71–68  5–5
 Millett Hall (1,268)
Oxford, OH
12/18/2016*
12:00 PM, ESPNU 		at UCF L 73–80 OT 5–6
 CFE Arena (2,939)
Orlando, FL
12/22/2016*
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Tennessee Tech W 66–58  6–6
 Millett Hall (1,108)
Oxford, OH
12/29/2016*
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Olivet W 89–69  7–6
 Millett Hall (1,096)
Oxford, OH
MAC regular season
01/03/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Northern Illinois W 69–67  8–6
(1–0) 		Millett Hall (1,151)
Oxford, OH
01/07/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		at Toledo L 76–91  8–7
(1–1) 		Savage Arena (4,471)
Toledo, OH
01/10/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		at Ball State L 74–85  8–8
(1–2) 		Worthen Arena (3,268)
Muncie, IN
01/14/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Akron L 70–74  8–9
(1–3) 		Millett Hall (3,334)
Oxford, OH
01/17/2017
8:00 PM, ESPN3 		at Northern Illinois L 58–62  8–10
(1–4) 		Convocation Center (1,053)
DeKalb, IL
01/21/2017
1:30 PM 		at Central Michigan L 92–101  8–11
(1–5) 		McGuirk Arena (2,708)
Mount Pleasant, MI
01/24/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Buffalo W 75–74  9–11
(2–5) 		Millett Hall (1,293)
Oxford, OH
01/28/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Eastern Michigan L 57–74  9–12
(2–6) 		Millett Hall (1,427)
Oxford, OH
01/31/2017
7:00 PM 		at Bowling Green L 72–83  9–13
(2–7) 		Stroh Center (1,525)
Bowling Green, OH
02/04/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Kent State L 62–66  9–14
(2–8) 		Millett Hall (1,474)
Oxford, OH
02/07/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Western Michigan L 55–72  9–15
(2–9) 		Millett Hall (3,061)
Oxford, OH
02/11/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Central Michigan W 81–76  10–15
(3–9) 		Millett Hall (1,469)
Oxford, OH
02/14/2017
7:00 PM 		at Kent State L 72–76  10–16
(3–10) 		MAC Center (2,115)
Kent, OH
02/18/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		at Buffalo L 58–71  10–17
(3–11) 		Alumni Arena (4,002)
Amherst, NY
02/21/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		Ohio L 62–79  10–18
(3–12) 		Millett Hall (1,639)
Oxford, OH
02/25/2017
3:30 PM, ESPN3 		Bowling Green L 54–70  10–19
(3–13) 		Millett Hall (1,586)
Oxford, OH
02/28/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3 		at Akron W 79–75  11–19
(4–13) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (3,646)
Akron, OH
03/03/2017
7:00 PM 		at Ohio L 55–69  11–20
(4–14) 		Convocation Center (9,633)
Athens, OH
MAC tournament
03/06/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		(12) at (5) Western Michigan
First round 		L 61–65  11–21
 University Arena (1,227)
Kalamazoo, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source,[3][4].

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 10, 2017). "John Cooper fired as Miami (Ohio) head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Clark, Dave (March 29, 2017). "RedHawks hire Purdue's Jack Owens as basketball head coach". cincinnati.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Miami University RedHawks Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "2021-22 Miami (OH) Redhawks Schedule".
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